Materials Science and Engineering C 33 (2013) 2229–2234 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Materials Science and Engineering C journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/msec Label-free detection of aflatoxin M1 with electrochemical Fe3O4/polyaniline-based aptasensor Binh Hai Nguyen a, 1, Lam Dai Tran a,⁎, 1, Quan Phuc Do b, Huy Le Nguyen c, Ngoc Huan Tran d, Phuc Xuan Nguyen a a Institute of Material Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Viet Nam Research Center for Environmental Technology and Sustainable Development, Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Viet Nam School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 1, Dai Co Viet Road, Hanoi, Viet Nam d Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received August 2012 Received in revised form 13 December 2012 Accepted 19 January 2013 Available online 28 January 2013 Keywords: Fe3O4-doped polyaniline Aptasensor Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) Electrochemical detection a b s t r a c t The selective detection of ultratrace amounts of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is extremely important for food safety since it is the most toxic mycotoxin class that is allowed to be present on cow milk with strictly low regulatory levels In this work, Fe3O4 incorporated polyaniline (Fe3O4/PANi) film has been polymerized on interdigitated electrode (IDE) as sensitive film for AFM1 electrochemical biosensor The immobilized aptamers as an affinity capture reagent and magnetic nanoparticles for signal amplification element have been employed in the sensing platform Label-free and direct detection of the aptamer-AFM1 on Fe3O4/PANi interface were performed via electrochemical signal change, acquired by cyclic and square wave voltammetries With a simplified strategy, this electrochemical aptasensor shows a good sensitivity to AFM1 in the range of 6–60 ng·L−1, with the detection limit of 1.98 ng·L−1 The results open up the path for designing cost effective aptasensors for other biomedical applications © 2013 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved Introduction Extremely serious human health disorders such as hepatocellular carcinoma, aflatoxicosis, Reye's syndrome and chronic hepatitis are proved to be caused by the aflatoxins (AFs), which is a group of toxic metabolites, consisting of a coumarin and a double furan ring The AFs are also a major class of mycotoxins that are mainly produced by a variety of molds such as Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus [1–4] AFs are carcinogenic and present in grains, nuts, cottonseed and other commodities associated with human food or animal feeds Among the four most important sub-types, AFB1, AFB2, AFG1 and AFG2, AFB1 is the most toxic form due to their “double-hazardous” effect to both DNA and proteins As was mentioned in the previous research, the toxicity of AFB1 is 10, 68, and 416 times higher than that of KCN, arsenic and melamine, respectively [5] When cows are fed with contaminated foodstuff, AFB1 is converted by hydroxylation to AFM1 with the help of the liver enzyme cytochrome P450, which is subsequently secreted in the milk of lactating cows AFM1 (Fig 1) is quite stable towards the normal milk processing methods such as pasteurization and if present in raw milk, it may still persist into the final products for human consumption Numerous countries have declared limits for the presence of AFM1 in milk products In the ⁎ Corresponding author Tel.: +84 37564129; fax: +84 438360705 E-mail address: lamtd@ims.vast.ac.vn (L.D Tran) These authors equally contributed to this paper 0928-4931/$ – see front matter © 2013 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2013.01.044 European Union countries the limit for the presence of AFM1 in milk and reconstituted milk powders has been set at 50 ng·L −1 or 50 parts per trillion (50 ppt) Usually, AFM1 analysis is performed by ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) [6–14], TLC (thin layer chromatography) [15–18] and HPLC (high-performance liquid chromatography) [19–21] On the other hand, an immunosensor array of 96 screen-printed electrode coupled with a multichannel electrochemical detection (MED) system using the intermittent pulse amperometry (IPA) technique has been also used for the detection of AFM1 and AFB1 [22,23] However, the selectivity, sensitivity as well as the operation simplicity are still major technical challenges of the above analytical methods Meanwhile, electrochemical biosensor in general and aptasensor (based on highly specific molecular recognition of antigens by aptamer) in particular, have received considerable attention regarding the detection of various biomolecules owing to the advantages of low cost, simplicity, high sensitivity, compatibility with mass manufacturing and possibility of microfabrication, thus making them excellent candidates for many point-of-care (portable) diagnostics/detections, including AFM1 Reported for the first time in 1990 [24,25], aptamer (APT), functional short oligonucleotides, selected from combinatorial libraries through in vitro selection, can bind with high affinity and specificity to a wide range of target molecules, such as drugs, proteins, toxins or other organic or inorganic molecules [26–28] In contrast to production of the antibodies, which involve in vivo immunization of animals, aptamers can be generated by an in vitro selection process 2230 B.H Nguyen et al / Materials Science and Engineering C 33 (2013) 2229–2234 O O O OH O O OCH3 Aflatoxin M1(AFM1) Ochratoxin A (OTA) Fig Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) and ochratoxin A (OTA) called SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment), obviating the use of animals [24,25] Being produced easily and reproducibly at large scale, by chemical synthesis (that explains why APT also called as chemical antibodies), APTs are known to be costeffective and enough stable in terms of temperature and biological activity, with dissociation constants comparable to most of the monoclonal antibodies [29] Briefly, the interest in APTs originates from their important advantages over antibodies such as easier in vitro production, smaller size (molecular mass 5–15 kDa), thus allowing a greater surface density of receptors and consequently, more important specificity [29–31] Numerous studies have been also reported on the development of aptasensors, based on different signal transducers Particularly, the detection of AFM1 has been reported by direct competitive assay using a peroxidase-aptamer tracer as the enzymatic label With the use of this approach, the detection limit for AFM1 in milk was reported to be ng·L −1, in a dynamic detection range of 10–100 ng·L −1, which meets the present legislative limits of 50 ng·L −1 [32] The objective of this work is to further improve the sensitivity for AFM1 analysis, by using controlled covalent immobilization of aptamers on \COOH functionalized superparamagnetic nanoparticles Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are expected to greatly improve the kinetics of immunoreactions as well as increase the binding site for biochemical reaction between the reagent (aptamer, APT) and samples (AFM1) In addition, conducting PANi based interface can also contribute to enhancing the conductivity and thus sensitivity of sensor Briefly, this original strategy combines the advantages of the integrated immunoreaction with aptamer and label-free electrochemical transduction between the aptamer, immobilized on MNPs and its specific AFM1, without any label Experimental 2.1 Chemical and biochemical reagents Glutaraldehyde was provided by Sigma AFM1, (from Aspergillus flavus), ochratoxin A (from Petromyces albertensis, ≥98% (TLC) (OTA, used in selectivity experiment), 21-mer aptamer sequence (5′-ACT GCT AGA GAT TTT CCA CAT-3′) was obtained from SELEX procedure and was kindly provided by the Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Aniline (Merck, 99.5%) was distilled under vacuum prior to polymerization Other chemicals were all of analytical reagent grade without further purification Aqueous solutions were made with deionized water (18 MΩ) 2.2 Characterization methods Infra-Red (IR) spectra were recorded with Nicolet 6700 FT-IR Spectrometer, using KBr pellets, in the region of 400–4000 cm −1, with a resolution of cm −1 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) image was analyzed by Hitachi S-4800 The morphology of Fe3O4/PANi composite film on the array was observed by SPM 5100/ 5500 (Agilent) with PicoPlus 5.3 software The magnetic properties of Fe3O4 nanoparticles were measured with home-made vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and evaluated in terms of saturation magnetization (Ms) and coercivity (Hc) 2.3 Sensor fabrication The interdigitated electrode array (IDA) was fabricated on a silicon substrate via lithography technique Silicon wafers were covered with a layer of SiO2 μm thick by means of dry oxidation The wafer was spin-coated with a layer of photoresist AZ5214E (1 μm thickness) and the structure of the electrodes was defined by UV-photolithography Then, chromium (Cr) and platinum (Pt) layers were sputtered on the top of the wafer with the thickness of 50 and 500 nm, respectively The working and counter electrodes were patterned by a lift-off process (30 s in acetone solution with ultrasonic vibration) A second photolithographic step is carried out to deposit the silver (Ag) layer Next, the sensor was immersed into a 0.1 M KCl solution with the Ag and Pt electrodes were connected to the anode and cathode, respectively, of a power supply A current of mA was applied for 10 s in order to cover the Ag reference electrode with AgCl The final diameter of the working electrodes was 500 μm The array, consisting of 12 working electrodes, Ag/AgCl pseudo reference and Pt counter electrodes was then coated with Fe3O4/PANi thin film 2.4 Electropolymerization of Fe3O4/PANi film Functionalized Fe3O4 were synthesized by dispersion polymerization with Fe3O4 magnetic particle as core and poly(Styrene-co-Acrylic Acid) as shell corresponding to ex situ and in situ capping method, respectively, as described previously [33] Afterwards, Fe3O4/PANi film was electropolymerized on IDA by using cyclic voltammetry (CV) within the potential range from −0.2 to + 0.9 V (vs Ag/AgCl) with sweep rate of 50 mV·s −1, for 20 cycles in a fresh solution containing 0.1 M aniline in 0.5 M H2SO4 with 1wt.% Fe3O4 nanoparticles (Fig 2A) Three peaks, observed at ca + 0.2 V, + 0.4 V and + 0.7 V in the above potential range, were widely characterized as redox processes converting Leucoemeraldine to Emeraldine, Emeraldine to intermediate product, and intermediate product to Pernigraniline forms of PANi respectively To check whether the obtained PANi film is electroactive and the electron transfer takes place across the polymer chain, a series of cyclic voltammograms was recorded at different scan rates (from 10 to 200 mV·s −1) and the respective Ip-v dependence was plotted (figures not shown) The redox peaks on IDA intensify with the increasing scans, confirming that the films were electroactive The straight line plot of Ip-v reveals the surfaceconfined process of charge transfer Furthermore, as seen from Fig 2B, the magnitude of current response for Fe3O4/PANi electrode (solid line) increases in comparison to that of bare PANi electrode (dotted line), indicating that Fe3O4 can enhance the current response, thus facilitates the electron transfer within the sensing platform of IDA, compared to that of bare PANi electrode, under the same experimental conditions, regarding the electrode design and PANi platform characteristics The fact that the oxidation peaks were shifted noticeably towards the higher potentials with the increasing scans, whereas B.H Nguyen et al / Materials Science and Engineering C 33 (2013) 2229–2234 A SWV choice instead of CV is rationalized on its ability to reduce capacitive current as well as the parasite current due to reduction of dissolved oxygen (in SWV, the currents are sampled in both positive and negative pulses successively, furthermore, the registered current is the subtraction between oxidation and reduction currents, thus current density in SWV's is higher than that in CV's recorded for the same electrode [34]) 1000 800 600 I /µA 400 200 Results and discussion -200 3.1 APT immobilization and electrochemical detection of APT–AFM1 complexation -400 -600 -0,2 0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0 E /V vs Ag/AgCl B 1000 Fe3O4/PANi 800 600 400 I /µA 2231 PANi 200 -200 -400 -600 -800 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 E /V vs Ag/AgCl Fig A 20 cycles of CVs recorded during Fe3O4/PANi composite film growth B CV comparison of PANi film (dotted line) with Fe3O4/PANi composite (solid line) during electropolymerization the reduction peaks moved towards the lower potentials may serve as evidence of Fe3O4 role in Fe3O4/PANi electrode 2.5 Aptamer (APT) immobilization and APT–AFM1 reaction conditions Immobilization of APT onto Fe3O4/PANi films has been done using glutaraldehyde as a cross-linker For immune reaction between APT and its relevant AFM1, APT concentration of 180 pM was used The electrodes previously grafted with APT were left to react in this solution during h under stirring at 37 °C, and then thoroughly washed in water under stirring at 37 °C The same immune reaction conditions were applied in selectivity experiment, with irrelevant ochratoxin A (OTA), instead of AFM1 2.6 Electrochemical measurements Electrochemical measurements were performed on AUTOLAB PGSTAT 30 (EcoChemie, the Netherlands) under the control of GPES version 4.9 The parameters for CV: scan rate: 50 mV·s −1 and potential range of − 0.2 to + 1.0 V vs Ag/AgCl The parameters for SWV were optimized as follows: frequency of 12.5 Hz; start potential of − 0.55 V; end potential of + 0.25 V; step of mV; and amplitude of 25 mV Prior to SWV measurements, the electrodes were held for 120 s at the starting potential for conditioning The SWV scans were repeated until stabilization of the electrochemical signal was completed (i.e., no difference observed between two successive responses) All electrochemical experiments were conducted in 0.1 M HCl at room temperature Electrochemical detection (SWV and CV) of relevant AFM1 (and irrelevant OTA) was conducted in 0.1 M HCl solution Thorough structural and morphological (IR, FE-SEM, AFM, VSM) analyses of Fe3O4/PANi electrode surface were provided in Supporting Information (Figs S1–S4) The whole procedure of aptasensor fabrication was schematically presented in Fig The immobilization of APT onto the Fe3O4/PANi films has been done using crosslinking of glutaraldehyde, which is a dialdehyde capable to form a covalent bond between its aldehyde group and amine group of the other binding molecule In this case, \CHO of glutaraldehyde reacts in the same time with NH2 group of PANi chains in the Fe3O4/PANi at one end and NH2 terminus of aminylated APT at the other end, resulting in a stable and robust covalent bonding between them The whole procedure of aptasensor fabrication was schematically presented in Fig In there, ATP was immobilized on the Fe3O4/ PANi films via glutaraldehyde crosslinking, which is a dialdehyde capable to form a covalent bond between its aldehyde group and amine group of the other binding molecule In this case, \CHO of glutaraldehyde reacts with NH2 group of PANi and NH2 terminus of aminylated APT simultaneously, resulting in a stable sensing layer Generally, the definitive principles underlying the optimal concentration of APT are to ensure the following criteria: i) the analyte concentration should fall within the linear range; ii) the electrochemical signals, acquired from immune reaction should be strong enough and relatively well-distributed In this research, a wide dynamic range (6–60 ng·L −1) for AFM1 detection was analyzed The concentration of APT immobilized on electrode surface was chosen for a stoichiometric APT–AFM1 reaction with 60 ng·L −1 of AFM1, it was equivalent to 180 pM of APT The APT density would warrant an efficient completed immune reaction between APT and AFM1 Effectively, pM will induce negligible SWV signal change after APT–AFM1 reaction, whereas for nanomolar range of APT or higher, a full surface blockage is achieved and subsequent APT–AFM1 complexation cannot be detected by CV/SWV (results not shown) On the basic of the above optimized APT concentration, APT–AFM1 complex formation was clearly visualized by CV and SWV for different concentrations of AFM1 The CV and SWV voltammograms were demonstrated in Figs and respectively It can be logically expected that the presence of the APT–AFM1 complex in the vicinity of the polymer/solution interface strongly influences the switching rate of PANi film Therefore the current changing could be detected after recognition of the APT–AFM1 interaction, in a direct and label-free detection format In addition, the current was significantly decreased due to the blocking of AFM1 on charge transfer to the electrode surface, corresponding to different concentrations of AFM1 (curves 4–7, Figs and 5) The CV measurements were in good agreement with SWV measurements To evaluate the analytical performance of sensor, a calibration curve was presented with a series of AFM1 (molecular weight is ~ 328 Da) concentration ranging from to 78 ng·L −1 (~ 18 to 240 pM AFM1 respectively) As was observed, the signal tends to saturate for the concentrations above 60 ng·L −1 (~ 180 pM) of AFM1, as expected according to the above estimation for APT and AFM1 densities Assuming a linear behavior at low target concentrations the electrochemical assays showed a sensitivity of 4.77 ± 0.2 μA·ng −1·L 2232 B.H Nguyen et al / Materials Science and Engineering C 33 (2013) 2229–2234 APT probe APT immobilization Fe3O4 /PANi film Pt- Microelectrodes Pt- Microelectrodes Glutaraldehyde APT-AFM1 complexation Pt- Microelectrodes Electrochemical detection of AFM1 / SIGNAL OFF Electropolymerization APT – AFM1 decomplexation (in APT – rich solution) APT probe AFM1 release / SIGNAL ON Pt- Microelectrodes Pt- Microelectrodes AFM1 molecule APT OFF Released AFM1 SIGNAL OFF I/A I/A APT AFM1 ON AFM1 E/V vs Ag/AgCl E/V vs Ag/AgCl Fig Principle of label-free detection of AFM1 with magneto-electrochemical Fe3O4/PANi based aptasensor (R = 0.9986) in the range of 6–60 ng·L −1 with the limit of detection (LOD) of 1.98 ng·L −1, respectively (inset of Fig 5) The detailed procedure for LOD calculation was included in Supporting Information To the best of our knowledge, the value of LOD (1.98 ng·L −1), obtained in this study, is comparable to the best results, very recently reported in literature [32,35–46] (Table 1) 100 50 (1) Fe3O4/PANi (3) Fe3O4/PANi/Glu/APT (2) Fe3O4/PANi/Glu -1 (1) Fe3O4/PANi film (2) Fe3O4/PANi/Glu film (3) Fe3O4/PANi/Glu/APT (4) + AFM1 06ngL-1 (5) + AFM1 18ngL-1 (6) + AFM1 30ngL-1 (7) + AFM1 60ngL-1 -50 -100 -150 -200 (4) + AFM1 06ngL -1 (5) + AFM1 18ngL -1 (6) + AFM1 30ngL -1 (7) + AFM1 60ngL I / µA I / µA (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) I / µA 150 Taking into account the strong but reversible interaction between APT and AFM1, competitive reactions of AFM1 with tightly conjugated APT on solid electrode surface (on the one side) and free APT in solution (in much larger quantity and denser concentration, on the other side) should occur, by virtue of equilibrium displacement Effectively, the treatment of IDA in APT-rich solution has “freed up” some AFM1 (from APT–AFM1 complexes) that leaves the electrode surface to go into the solution where APT concentration was much higher This signal-on experiment (Fig 6A), leading to SWV signal increase, is a 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 E /V vs Ag/AgCl Fig SIGNAL OFF detection: CVs recorded during APT–AFM1 complexation with Fe3O4/PANi IDA recorded in HCl 0.1 M (curve 1); after treatment with Glutaraldehyde (curve 2), after immobilization with 180 pM APT (curve 3) and after complexation with 6–60 ng·L−1 AFM1(curves 4–7) -0,6 I (µA) = -4,77*C + 5,17 (µA) 4,5 R2 = 0,9986 AFM1 4,0 3,5 3,0 -1 2,5 LOD = 1,98 ngL LOQ = 6,62 ngL-1 2,0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 SIGNAL OFF -0.2 5,0 -0,4 -0,2 0,0 AFM1 concentration /ngL-1 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 E /V vs Ag/AgCl Fig SIGNAL OFF detection: SWVs recorded during APT–AFM1 complexation, carried out in the same conditions as described in Fig (inset: the response curve of the aptasensor with AFM1 concentration range from to 80 ng·L−1) B.H Nguyen et al / Materials Science and Engineering C 33 (2013) 2229–2234 2233 Table Summary of recent publications relevant to the detection of Aflatoxin M1 Reference Analytical method LOD Linear range [32] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] CV CV and EIS Electrochemical immunoassay ELISA FI-IA with amperometric detection ELISA Immunoassay SPFS SPR Chemiluminescent immunoassay Potentiometric immunosensor HPLC with post-column Impedimetric immunosensor ng·L−1 0.4 ng·mL−1 25 pg·mL−1 pg·mL−1 11 ppt ng·L−1 0.025 ng·mL−1 0.6 pg·mL ng·mL−1 0.25 pg·mL−1 40 pg·mL−1 ng·kg−1 pg·mL−1 10–100 ng·L−1 1–14 ng·mL−1 30–240 ng·mL−1 5–250 pg·mL−1 20–500 ppt 2.5–80 ng·L−1 0.05–1 ng·mL−1 1–100 pg·mL−1 – – 125–2000 pg·mL−1 – 6.25–100 pg·mL−1 Abbrevitations: Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Flow-Injection Immunoassay (FI-IA), High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), surface plasmon-enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy (SPFS), and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) very interesting feature of the above aptasensor, inferring that the signal-off trend when adding AFM1 really comes from true reversible complexation between APT and AFM1 but not any other interfering phenomena like non-specific adsorption or signal instability 3.2 Reproducibility and stability Another advantage of the above electrode was its working stability which was tested by measuring the voltammetric current decay during repetitive SWV cycling It was found that the SWV peak height practically remains its initial value with a relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) less than 5% for 20 successive measurements, indicating an excellent reproducibility of above proposed modified electrode Furthermore, it is possible to perform decomplexation followed by recomplexation and so on for at least 10 times, thus indicating the good reversibility of APT–AFM1 interaction as well as the robustness of this interdigitated electrode based arrays 3.3 Selectivity A (1) Fe3O4/PANi/Glu/APT (1) (2) (5) -1 I / µA (2) + AFM1 06ngL -1 (3) + AFM1 60ngL (4) Released in 3h (5) Released in 12h CAPT = 180pM (4) (3) SIGNAL ON -0,5 -0,4 -0,3 -0,2 -0,1 0,0 0,1 0,2 E /V vs Ag/AgCl B 12 (1) Fe3O4/PANi (2) Fe3O4/PANi/Glu (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 10 (3) Fe3O4/PANi-Glu/APT -1 (4) + OTA 08ngL I / µA -1 (5) + OTA 40ngL-1 (6) + OTA 80ngL -1 (7) + AFM1 60ngL SIGNAL OFF -0,4 -0,2 0,0 0,2 E /V vs Ag/AgCl Fig A SIGNAL ON detection: SWVs recorded during APT–AFM1 decomplexation after 3- and 12-hour release of AFM1 in APT rich solution B Selectivity experiment: SWVs recorded during complexation with irrelevant OTA Generally, antigen–antibody cross-reactivity (the ability of the combining site of an antibody to react with more than one antigen because of the similar antigenic structure, leading to false positive values), is an important parameter to evaluate selectivity In our case, selectivity experiments were carried out with an irrelevant OTA (molecular weight is 428 Da, almost the same as AFM1) As shown in Fig 6B, much less significant signal drop, acquired from cross-reactivity among AFM1/OTA was observed (due to cross-reaction between APT-OTA, much less OTA molecules were bound onto the surface of the aptasensor) It is the high specificity of the corresponding APT–AFM1 interaction that fulfills the main objective of this study Further, to answer the question whether this aptasensor is suitable for quantifying the AFM1 concentration in real samples, cross-activity tests between APT and other toxins (B1, B2, M2, G1 and G2) should be carried out individually (although according to the literature, those cross-activity values are almost the same because they were from the same class (mycotoxin) with the same properties [47]) Moreover, some other critical issues such as i) evaluation of the sensor response in real complex matrix (serum or spiked milk matrix), ii) evaluation of long-term stability and reproducibility, and iii) the construction of micro-sensor array using the same analytical scheme for high throughput analysis should be investigated and reported in the following paper Conclusion In this work, Fe3O4/PANi-based electrochemical aptasensor for AFM1 detection was developed and characterized The use of magnetic nanoparticles is analytically attractive because of their signal amplification role The developed aptasensor is 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